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And it was very instructional; just not in the way she intended. 
We went to high school in the days when coloring hair was the exception; not like today when it's no big deal to have red, blue, or green streaks. My bff came to school one day with her hair bleached orange & was really embarrassed at the attention she got. I guess when she tried to get it back to normal that night, she selected a hair coloring that was too dark because she came to school the next day with coal-black hair! And she wore a white dress that day, which really accentuated her hair even more! I can still see the droll, WTH look on the school counselor's face when we walked by.
I have one of those "twice is better" stories, too! In 8th grade, a group of us girls were talking at recess about shiny hair; one of the girls said that adding a tablespoon of Vaseline petroleum jelly to your hair after a shampoo would make your hair unbelievably shiny. I was the gullible one who had to try it that night, & I didn't stop with one tablespoon -- I used half the jar because I wanted my hair to shine like it never shined before! Instead of shiny hair, my hair was a greasy mess, no matter how many times I tried to shampoo it out. My mom let me stay home from school the next day & she helped me get it back to normal with cornstarch.
Too bad we didn't go through it together! (I've got loads of stories!)
I was taken aback at how much a short-haired dog would shed so much.
At least your gas furnace got the pet hair & not yours! I was worried when you mentioned "gas furnace"! When I was baking cookies as a teenager, I singed my bangs & warped the frames of my glasses from the heat of the oven.
